Exhaustion and annihilator classification for nonzero Whittaker modules of the Witt algebra

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Let wn\mathfrak{w}_n be the Witt algebra with positive nilpotent subalgebra n+\mathfrak{n}_+, and let L(λ,μ)L(\lambda,\mu) be the modules constructed in Theorem 91 from parameters satisfying the theorem's hypothesis; assume λ≠0\lambda\neq0. Witt-algebra classification conjecture. These modules constitute an exhaustive list of simple Whittaker modules with λ≠0\lambda\neq0 for the Whittaker pair (wn,n+)(\mathfrak{w}_n,\mathfrak{n}_+). Moreover,

L(λ,μ)≅L(λ,μ′)L(\lambda,\mu)\cong L(\lambda,\mu')

if and only if

Ann⁡U(g)M−(−μ)=Ann⁡U(g)M−(−μ′).\operatorname{Ann}_{U(\mathfrak{g})}M^-(-\mu)=\operatorname{Ann}_{U(\mathfrak{g})}M^-(-\mu').

The conjecture would classify all nonzero-parameter simple Whittaker modules and identify their isomorphism classes through annihilators of the corresponding opposite Verma modules. The source gives no evidence of resolution.

References

Primary source

Punita Batra and Volodymyr Mazorchuk, “Blocks and modules for Whittaker pairs”, arXiv:0910.3540 (2009).

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